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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

You're looking at it like the goal is to increase revenue while the actual goal is to increase user counts within their walled garden.

More users makes the investors tingle, and especially when those users are giving 100% of the purchase price to Sony for first-party titles and 30% for third-party.